Deeper Life #151

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

—1 John 3:21

TOO MANY PEOPLE SUPPOSE THAT if they clean up their dealings with others, they will be right with God! But a reformed person is as much condemned as before. And it is not getting right with men, but with God, that leads to eternal life.

Sin is more than moral irregularity. It is a disposition to follow one’s own way rather than God’s way.

The Bible says that God condemns those whom the god of this age has blinded so that they do not realize the sinful disposition in their lives. If we deny our sinful disposition, we make God a liar and deceive ourselves.

Prayer Thought: I fully realize the grim consequences of sin. Deliver me, Lord, from my sinfulness.

SUGGESTED READING: 1 John 3:18–24